[Vision2020] Military Rethinks Polar Command as Ice Caps Melt

[Tom Hansen]

Good thought, Dr. J.

A question, though . . .

Will TEA Partiers and right-wing conservatives support Defense-bound tax
dollars being used in restructuring these commands due to mind-warping
lies from the left-wing global-warming propaganda machine?

Hmmm.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

On Mon, April 18, 2011 7:30 am, Joe Campbell wrote:
> Maybe if we can get the military to admit to global warming, the
> conservatives will believe it.
>
> On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 6:34 AM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
>
>> Courtesy of the April 25, 2011 edition of the Army Times.
>>
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>>
>> Military rethinks polar command as ice caps melt
>>
>> WHAT’S UP: Melting polar ice caps are prompting the military to redraw
>> its
>> map dividing the globe into combatant commands. Pentagon projections
>> show
>> new shipping lanes will appear around the North Pole during the next 20
>> to
>> 30 years, a senior defense official said. Previous master plans
>> essentially ignored the Arctic region, technically chopping it up among
>> U.S. Northern Command, U.S. European Command and U.S. Pacific Command.
>> “Before, to be honest, I’m not sure who had the lead on it,” said one
>> senior defense official.
>>
>> WHAT’S NEXT: NORTHCOM will take over the Arctic area, and EUCOM will be
>> responsible for Russia’s mostly frozen northern border. PACOM was
>> squeezed
>> out of the region, according to the new Unified Command Plan. The plan,
>> approved by the White House in early April, has no immediate impact on
>> troops and bases. Any further shift in strategy will “depend on how
>> climate change continues,” the senior defense official said.
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Seeya round town, Moscow.
>>
>> TomHansen
>> Moscow, Idaho
>>
>> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to
>> changeand the Realist adjusts his sails."
>>
>>  - Unknown
>>
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"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to
changeand the Realist adjusts his sails."

 - Unknown